Machine Quilting and more
Buongiorno, Quilters! How do YOU use quilting practice pieces? I love to turn my practice pieces and blocks into small works that I use around the house. I call them “vase quilts” and I try to match the fabrics to the flowers. A Quilt by Any Other Name I made this log cabin (the cut…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips and more
Good Morning, Quilters! What should you do about quilting mistakes? Should you stop immediately and rip out the stitches? Or should you continue quilting and fix it later?Or maybe you could leave the quilting mistake and never rip it out? To rip or not to rip…that is the question! I rarely-very rarely– rip out any…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are discussing whether or not it is okay to do the binding before the quilting is finished. Before we get started…I had to say I laughed out loud at how many of you saw “MOM” and “WOW” in yesterdays tutorial of The Egg and Dart motif! I will always think…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, a quick look at quilt with a winning motif combination: The Forget-Me-Not and Nora’s Rose. Yesterday, we reviewed the lovely, Forget-Me-Not motif. Nora’s Rose Tutorial Nora’s Rose step-by-step tutorial is available in the LKQ Flower Motif Tutorials and in my first book, Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3. Also, check out the…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, we have a Nancy Drew style mystery, one we can all relate to—The Case of the Missing Thread Label! A few weeks ago, we discussed thread weight and how it determines the look of our machine quilting. Read Understanding of Thread Weight. Then, we used thread weight to choose the correct…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips
Hello!? Hello!? Good Morning, Quilters! We are settling into our new home here at Lori Kennedy Quilts! Thank YOU so much for joining us here! Unfortunately, many of YOU are not receiving email notifications of the new posts. Rest assured, we are aware of the problem and our developers at Lifted Logic are working to…
Machine Quilting Basics and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today’s machine quilting quick tip is in response to something I occasionally observe while teaching workshops. (My workshop schedule is very limited, but I am considering all warm climate opportunities in Jan, Feb, March 2019 LOL!) While you are machine quilting, never rotate the entire quilt like it is a steering wheel!…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips
Good Morning, Quilters! Do YOU remember those old bumper stickers… “I’d rather be fishing, or swimming, or skydiving or… of course, quilting! In my stash, I found a fat quarter sandwich with the step-outs for The Fish tutorial. One “housecleaning morning” I filled it with more fish and other designs. (Because I’d rather do anything…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I think the vast majority of us began to learn free motion machine quilting well after we learned how to cut, piece and applique quilt tops. THE MACHINE QUILTING MYSTIQUE I have observed that in some circles, there is a certain mystique about machine quilting–that machine quilting is mysterious and harder to…
Design and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Part of the art of machine quilting is learning how to combine motifs effectively. Closely quilted motifs like The New Leaf often look great next to more open motifs like Circle Pop. This combination of patterns works especially well because of the contrast between the straight lines in the leaf and curves…
